{"id":77631,"date":"2018-02-10T12:29:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T17:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77631"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:46:27","slug":"major-retired-steven-a-martens-canadian-phony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77631","title":{"rendered":"Major (Retired) Steven A. Martens; Canadian phony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77632\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77632\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-3-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-3-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-3-266x333.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-3.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stolenvalour.ca\/posts\/824484327701241\">Stolen Valour &#8211; Canada<\/a> share their work on this portly fellow, Steven Martens.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Major (Retired) Steven A. MARTENS CD<br \/>\nCADET INSTRUCTOR CADRE<\/p>\n<p>The Great Imposter of Vernon Army Cadet Camp!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77633\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77633\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-1-222x333.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-1.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77634\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77634\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-2-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>While serving as a Senior Officer with Regional Cadet Support Unit (Pacific) and during employment at Vernon Army Cadet Camp, he wore the following medals and insignia without lawful authority.<\/p>\n<p>The Order of St John,<br \/>\nThe Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal,<br \/>\nThe UN Force in Cyprus Medal,<br \/>\nThe UN Emergency Force II,<br \/>\nThe Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal, and<br \/>\nThe Canadian Forces parachute insignia.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Martens was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration for long service and &#8220;good conduct&#8221; This is his sole lawful medallic entitlement.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77635\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77635\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-4-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-4-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-4-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-4-466x333.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He claims he was &#8220;verbally&#8221; reprimanded for his fakery and allowed to submit a request for his voluntary release from the CAF in July of 2013. He then slipped quietly out the back gate when he should have faced charges under s419 CCC \/ s129 NDA.<\/p>\n<p>So, the question becomes, why was this matter not dealt with in an open, transparent and public manner?<\/p>\n<p>He certainly wore the medals and insignia in public!<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n&#8220;I am very ashamed and embarrassed for my actions and admit that I put up uniform items to which I was not entitled to put up. I offer no excuse other than I totally knew better and was galactically stupid for doing so. This was a very expensive decision on my part that resulted in being disciplined and having to resign from the military&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr S Martens<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77636\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77636\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-5-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-5-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-5-768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-5-317x333.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Steven-Martens-5.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Everyone wants to wear jump wings, no one wants to hump their parachute to the turn in point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our partners at Stolen Valour &#8211; Canada share their work on this portly fellow, Steven Martens. &hellip; <a title=\"Major (Retired) Steven A. 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